The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. June 1970. The Chief of Staff of the Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Colonel J. Whitelaw, presents books to a prisoner of war (POW) at the III Corps Tactical Zone POW cage. The books were part of a small library the Australians donated to the camp. During the ceremony, the POWs gave the Chief of Staff three cheers, and the front rank held small Australian flags.
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. June 1970. The Chief of Staff of the Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Colonel (Col) J. Whitelaw (centre), admires an embroidered cloth given to him by prisoners of war (
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. June 1970. The Chief of Staff of the Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, Colonel (Col) J. Whitelaw, passes a group of prisoners of war (POWs) during his inspection of the I
Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. June 1970. Captain (Capt) Dudley Lever of Macquarie, ACT, talks to a Viet Cong (VC) prisoner of war (POW) on left, through a Vietnamese Army interpreter at the III Corps Tacti
Outgoing Chief of Staff of the Australian Force in Vietnam (AFV), Colonel (Col) Alan Stretton of Canberra, ACT (right), greets his successor, Col John Whitelaw of Hughes, ACT, at Tan Son Nhut airport.
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Private Robin Gill of Pasadena, SA, a soldier of C Company, 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), searches through packs taken from the b
Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. August 1970. Private Peter Lloyd of Nelsons Bay, NSW, a soldier of C Company, 8th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (8RAR), searches through a pile of food an
